Liquid-heater for table use.



'No. 650,314. Patented May 22, I900.

- c; u. GEIMER.

LIQUID HEATER FOR TABLE USE.

(Application filed Feb. 3, 1900.)

(No Model.)

- NITED STAT S PATENT Farce.

CECELIA lI. GEIMER, OF IVASI-IINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.

LIQUID-HEATER FOR TABLE USE.

SPECIFICATION forming part Of Letters Patent NO. 650,314, dated May 22, 1900. Application filed February 8, 1900. Serial 3 9- N 1110661) To ctZZ whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, CECELIA H. GEIMER, of the city of Washington, in the District of Columbia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Liquid-Heaters for Table Use, of which the following is a specification, reference being bad to the accompanying drawings and to the numerals of reference marked thereon.

This invention relates more particularly to a heater to be used upon a dining-table or elsewhere for keeping coffee, tea, chocolate, or other liquids heated, and is designed to present a simple and attractive device for this purpose by the use of which the liquid may be kept at a proper temperature without danger of being raised to the boiling-point.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective View of theheatercomplete, except that the lamp, which may be of any ordinary kind, is not shown. Fig. 2 is a perspective View of the frame alone. Fig. 3 shows in perspective the water vessel or tank upon which the coffee-pot or other vessel containingtheliquid to be heated rests. Fig. 4shows the water vessel with its lid lifted. Fig. 5 is a perspective view of the lamp-case. Fig. 6 is a perspective view of the lamp-case with its lid lifted. Fig. '7 shows a detail of the invention.

Similar n u merals of reference indicate similar parts in the respective figures.

1 may represent the frame generally, which as here shown consists of four posts or standards 2, connected by an upper ring 3 and a lower ring 4. The posts or standards are made of any pleasing design and as here illustrated are ornamented with representations of ivy-leaves with the tendrils or stems twined about the standards and connected with the leaves at the respective ends. Fitted within or sustained by the upper ring 3 is a water vessel 5. (Shown in position in Fig. 1 and detached in Figs. 3 and 4.) In the latter figure it will be seen that the water vessel 5 consists of a receptacle for the water and a lid 5. The latter, as shown in Fig. 4, is detachable from the vessel, but it may be hinged thereto, 'if desired. In Fig. 3 the lid 5 is perforated in any suitable manner; but as here shown the perforations are represented by 6, they forming apart of an ornamental configuration upon the lid indicating a leaf. It is obvious that the perforations may be distributed in any manner and of any shape.

The upper ring 3 is provided with a ledge 33, upon which the base of the vessel 5 rests. The lower ring at is furnished with internal hooks 7, to which are attached the rings 8 of the lid 9 of the lamp-case 10. (Shown particularly in Figs. 5 and 6.) The latter figure shows the lid open, it being hinged to the case at 11. The lid has a central opening 12, through which the wick-tube of the lamp, held within the case, projects into sufliciently close proximity to the under side of the water vessel 5 as to allow the flame from the lamp to heat the water within the vessel. From the lid 9 of the lamp-case 10 extends a handle or finger-piece 13, and by pressure upon it the lid 9 may be tilted on its hinge 11 and opened, as shown in Fig. 6. The lamp-case 10 and its lid are also, by preference, shown in the form of a leaf, but it is obvious that other shapes may be adopted. \Vhile the lampcase is made to be detachably connected with the ring 4 by means of hooks and rings, it is evident that other modes of detachable connection may be used.

Fig. 7 shows a wire-netting inclosed by a ring 14 and adapted to be used in place of the vessel 5 when water is to be boiled. Upon the wire-netting a kettle or other receptacle may be placed and water heated to the boiling-point.

By means of my invention a simple and at tractive device is furnished for table use, whereby the liquid-such as coffee, chocolate, or the like-may be kept to the proper temperature by the steam escaping through the apertures of the lid 5 or radiated heat with out the liability of the flavor of the coffee, &o., being impaired or losing its aroma due to boiling.

Having thus described my invention, I claim- 1. In a heater, the combination of a frame, a water vessel having a lid provided with perforations, and a removable lamp-case, substantially as set forth.

2. In a heater, the combination, substantially as specified, of a frame'provided with supports for a water vessel and a lamp-case, respectively, a water vessel furnished with a IOC i the whole arranged as described for the pin-- perforated lid, and a, removable lamp-case arranged as described for the purpose set IO forth. I I

V In "testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand and seal. p

CEGEL'IA H. GEIMER. [L s] ,In presence of- EDWIN S. CLARKSON,

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perforated lid, and a removable lamp-case,

pose set forth. 1 V p 3. In a heater, the combination, substan-r tially as specified,j of a frame provided with supports for a water vessel and a lamp-ease, respectively, a Water vessel furnished with a;

having a hinged perforated top, the whole 

